Fish-bait.



0. C. TUTTLE.

FISH BAIT. APPLLCATION FILED APR.25. 191B.

Patented Apr. 29,1919.

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peoication ot' Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 29., 11919.

Application lcd April 2t, 1918. Serial No. 230,776.

To alf/whom t may concern:

Be it hewn that 1, Omer C. T, a citizen of the United States, residing at Old Forge, in the county of Herkimer and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fish-Baits.; and l do declare the following to, be afifull, clear, and exact description (if-the invention, such as will enable other itskilled in the art to which it appertains to inake and use the saine.

This invention bird, f f the objects of provide a bait having luring aspect.

Another object is to provide a iish bait having a taste that will cause the fish to return to the bait after once having tasted the same.

`Another object is to provide a sli bait that is soft and elastic so as to simulate the dy of a living creature.

Another object is to provide an artificial bait that is tough, tenacious, buoyant, lustrous and lar ely impervious to water.

Another object is to provide a filamentous material for fish baits which is so flexible and elastic that it is susceptible of being arranged to form fish baits in representation of numerous animals, birds and insects.

Other objects and advantages may become apparent to persons who read the followi details of description in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which- Figures 1, 2 and 3 show different embodiments of this invention; or diierent steps in making the bait;

.Fig 4 is a top shown in Fig. 3, and

Fig. 5 is a somewhat enlarged vertical sectional view through the bait constructed in accordance with the disclosure in Figs. 3 and 4l..

Referring to these drawings in detail, in which similar reference characters correspond with similar parts throughout the several views, the hook 10 may be of any ordinary construction, though preferabl of the character disclosed in Fig. 5, in w ich this invention is to the maximum ishplan view of the bait the shank of the hook is straight and secured to the fish line by means of the wrapped connection 11.

he main feature of this invention con- 'n the material employed in the construction and arrangement of the bait on the hook, and in the preparation of the material before applying the same to the hook; and the material an preparation thereof will, therefore, be described before its application to the hook is explained, as folows:

It been ascertained by discovery and experiment that the body hair from the pelt of a deer is especially applicable and advantageous in the construction of fish baits, because such hair is long, lustrous, compressible, elastic, tough, tenacious, considerably tapering and cellular and largely impervious to water. In order that the foregoing advantageous qualities may be completed by the quality of taste which is attractive to b other fish, the deers t e pelt is removed from the solution, a suitable quantity of hair is removed and formed into a tut by the application of a string, wire or other flexible element 12, which surrounds the shank of the hook and the tut so as to compress the latter and thereby form a neck 13. The base or butt end of the tuft at 14 to form a head,

the bait shall simulate a living creature, and the major portion 15 of the tuft simulates the back oir t e living creature, the bow of the hook and ner ends of the filaments or hairs 16 simulating the tail of the living creature. In order to thus form the back 15 and tail portion 16, a wrapping element 17 is employed, as shown in Figs. 3, 4 and 5. lin order to render the body of the animal more lustrous, the wrappings 12 living. creature, the.

y Claims:

-iiuffy and oompressible -iil expedient-to 'employ' the same in substantia 1y all the di erent forms of bait constructed in accordance. with this invention.

Referring to Fig. 1,'this. form may constitute a complete lure'or bait in vrepresentation of a worm having feelers 20 or the like, or it lmay constitute an element of one of the more complete baits illustrated 1n the remaining ligures. i

Referring toA Fg.`2, this may either constitute a complete ba`t, in which the filaments represent or simulate wingsQll this may constitute the unfinished bait i ustrated in the remaining'igures.

In order tocomplete the simulationlof a i reviously -trimmed end s of the' iilamentsw ich represent the animals head. have paint applied thereto at 22 i to represent eyes.

It has been found that a fish bait com' structed in. accordance with the foregoing descriptionis very attractive to game `fish, such as bass, trout, etc., and that it is not only attractive to the vision of the ish,'but has once seized the bait, it

ness of the same as an article offood, and

Aloses no time 'in returning to again seize the bait,

Although I have specieddeers .hair .as the preferred material from which the baits are constructed, it is to other filamentous material may be employed,

' v 35 and similarly subjected-to the action of'alum and salt or to other chemicals which may produce a similar eiect.

fish hook, a tuft of aments arranged lengthwise of the shank of the fish hook, a wrapping element around said filaments and'hook at a point spaced from one end of said tuft, and a second wrapping element around said filament and spaced from the rst said wrapping element, said wrapping elements embracingthe tuft so tightly that said ti'ift is thereby considerably constricted adjacent thereto while remaining fluffy 1. Ina fish bait, a

and expanded at portions forward and. rear-A and spaced from Ward of said wrapping elements, one of said `fluffy ends being formed to .simulate the head of`v a living creature, the portion between said wrapping element'simulating the body of a living creature, the constructed portion adjacent to said head simulating the neck of the living creature.

- 2. In a fish-bait, a {ish-hook, iuiy and compressible a tuft of filaments arranged lengthwise of Ithe shank of the fish-hook, a.

wrapping element around said filaments and shank at a point spaced from one -end of said tuft, and a wrapping element around said filaments and hook at a point spaced from the other end of said tuft, said Wrapping elements embracing the tuft so tightly.

'to simulate the head the portion between said wrapping e be understood that shank to simulate the feelers of a gstricted adjacent to said ends while remaining fluffy and expanded at portions forward and rearward of said wrapping elements, one of s aid iluiy ends being formed of a living creature, lements being arched longitudinally from one to the other of lsaid wrapping elements and simuof a living creature, the constricted rtion adjacent to said head simulating t e neck of the living creature. 3. A fish bait comprising a fish-hook, a tuft o f filaments parallel with and sec on the shank of the fish-hooks and having ends projecting beyond the end oit 'sai shank to simulate feelers of a living crea` ture,l wrappings -around stripes across adj acentto an said tuft in spaced- Arelation to one another, said wrappings bethe end of the second said tufta second tuft at the said ends that simulate feeler s,this end of the second said tuft being of a shape to simulate the head of a living creature; and

wrapping around the other end portion o lthe second said tu-ft and being spaced from this end so that a tail is simulated by the filament-ends beyond this wrapping, the intermediate portion of the last sai -tuft being arched longitudinally so as to simulate the back of a living creature.

4. A fish bait comprising a fish-hook, a i

el with and secured on the shank of the fish-hook and ha ends iprojecting beyond the end of sai living creature; wrappings around said -tuft in spaced relation to one another, said wra pings being of a color dierent from t e color of said tuft, -so as to simulate stripes across the body of a living crea a second tuft of filaments arranged lengthwise on one side only of the first Said tuft and of said wrappings; -a wrapping 4adjacent to the end of the second said tuft at the said ends that simulate Ieelers, this end of the second said tuft being of a shape to simulate the head of a living creature; means to simulate eyes applied to the ends of the filaments that represent the head; and a wrapping around the other end portion of the second said tuft and bein spaced from this end so that a tail is sim ated by the filament-ends beyond this wrapping, the intermediate portion of the last said tuft being arched longitudinally so as to simulate the back of a living creature.

5. The processof forming a fish bait that simulates a living creature having a body and head and neck, consisting in providing tuft of filaments parall iso `A momo@ a fish-hook and e tuft of Huiy and compressible laments and Wrapping-s, arranging the tuft lengthwise along the shank of the fish hook, Wrapping seid tut and hook suoiently tight with said Wrappings to v oonsti'iot the tut between said heed and body and thereby form the neck, trimming one end of the tuft to simulate the heed, and treating the ends of groups of the filaments et said one end of the tutt to simu- 10 late eyes of the living creature.

)In testimony whereof have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing' 

